Yogurt, cheese, ice cream—countless tasty treats can trace their roots to the common dairy cow. In fact, America needs 65,000 farms to satisfy its demand for milk-based products. Consider these udderly surprising stats about the dairy industry.

9,000,000
Number of dairy cows in the US

100
Average number of miles milk travels from farm to grocery store

20 billion
Profit in dollars that Nestlé makes each year as the world’s leading dairy company

1
Years required to convert a traditional dairy farm to certified organic

18
Percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions that come from livestock

3.5
Percentage of dairy products sold in the US that are certified organic

54
Average number of pounds of cheese that a French person eats in a year

26.4
Percentage of total US cheese production that takes place in Wisconsin

21 Billion
Gallons of milk US dairy farms produce each year

1884
Year milk bottle was invented

150
Number of cloned cows in the US

25
Average percentage US organic milk sales are growing each year

225
Number of “Got Milk” print ads since the campaign’s debut in 1995

1940
Year first Dairy Queen opened 

30
Average number of pounds of cheese an American eats in a year 

340
Number of udder squirts needed to fill one milk pail

3.7
Percentage of US dairy farms that produce half of the nation’s milk supply